The potential of open-access data for flood estimations: uncovering inundation hotspots in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, through a normalized flood severity index

Scheiber, Leon; Hoballah Jalloul, Mazen; Jordan, Christian; Visscher, Jan; Nguyen, Hong Quan; Schlurmann, Torsten

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-2313-2023

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26 Jun 2023

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| 26 Jun 2023

The potential of open-access data for flood estimations: uncovering inundation hotspots in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, through a normalized flood severity index

Leon Scheiber, Mazen Hoballah Jalloul, Christian Jordan, Jan Visscher, Hong Quan Nguyen, and Torsten Schlurmann

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-2313-2023-supplement

Data sets

OpenTopography ALOS https://doi.org/10.5069/G94M92HB

PlanetDEM 30 Plus Planet Observer https://www.planetobserver.com/global-elevation-data

ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003 ASTER https://doi.org/10.5067/ASTER/ASTGTM.003

Copernicus DEM -- Global and European Digital Elevation Model (COP-DEM) ESA https://doi.org/10.5270/ESA-c5d3d65

Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM NASA https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/sensors/srtm

Sea level measured by tide gauges from global oceans -- the Joint Archive for Sea Level holdings (NCEI Accession 0019568) P. Caldwell, M. Merrifield, and P. Thompson https://doi.org/10.7289/v5v40s7w

Short summary

Numerical models are increasingly important for assessing urban flooding, yet reliable input...